Elliot was working on phonics today. We have homeschooled all of our boys for a portion of elementary; he doesn't homeschool specifically because of his hearing loss. He does do well in the one on one, but he will probably do fine in the mainstream in a few years, when I'm ready to "let go." He had to finish some sentences with a word that was missing. He was selecting from a "bank" of 4 words. He read "I will ____ the fun." I went to water the flowers on the front porch while he worked. He came in to me and asked, "Do you think "I will fill the fun" makes any sense? I said "no, you'd better look again at the other words." He replied, "yeah, that's what I thought, but I wondered if it was an expression. Haha! I love that he knows what "expressions" are, and that kids are still learning them.

Oliver's words and phrases from the last couple of days:
expressive:
outside
chicken
Ha ha (the clown sound in the AV Learning to Listen list)


receptive:
shut the door
open the door
bite
food
grapes
cheese